by Michael Katz, USA TODAY Sports, @KatzM

by Michael Katz, USA TODAY Sports, @KatzM

Kevin Durant conceded the NBA scoring title to Carmelo Anthony on Instagram Wednesday morning. He did so with a screen shot of an iPhone note.

Durant posted on his Instagram account, @sniperjones35: "SITTING OUT TONIGHT'S GAME, if you disappointed I didn't try to go for the scoring title, oh well!!"

This will be Anthony's first NBA scoring title. Durant has won the award the previous three seasons.

Durant would need 70 points Wednesday night to secure the scoring title, which sounds outlandish but is not without some precedent. USA TODAY Sports' NBA writer Jeff Zillgitt reminded me that in 1978, David Thompson went for 73 points in the final game of the season, but George Gervin put up 63 of his own to win the scoring title. The final margin: 27.22 to 27.15.

Boy, Carmelo vs. KD on the final night of the season would have been fun. In the words of Durant himself, "Oh well!!"

One of the most remarkable achievements of David Robinson's career took place on April 24, 1994 against the Los Angeles Clippers. Entering the game trailing Shaquille O'Neal by 33 points in the race for the NBA scoring title, David scored 71 points on the Clippers and won the scoring title in the very last game of the regular season, averaging 29.8 points for the year. Shaq finished the season averaging 29.3 points. Only four other players have scored over 70 points in NBA history â?? Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, David Thompson and mostly recently Kobe Bryant.